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Assignment#3, Electric Potential, Capacitors

This document contains 10 questions regarding electric potential, capacitors, and capacitances for an engineering physics assignment. Question topics include calculating potential differences and electric fields for charged particles and dipoles, finding equivalent capacitances of connected capacitors, and deriving expressions for cylindrical and spherical capacitor geometries. Students are asked to solve all problems and include relevant sample problems from class chapters.

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Assignment#3, Electric Potential, Capacitors

This document contains 10 questions regarding electric potential, capacitors, and capacitances for an engineering physics assignment. Question topics include calculating potential differences and electric fields for charged particles and dipoles, finding equivalent capacitances of connected capacitors, and deriving expressions for cylindrical and spherical capacitor geometries. Students are asked to solve all problems and include relevant sample problems from class chapters.

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Engineering Physics Assignment # 3

Electric Potential

Q-1. A proton is released from rest in a uniform electric field that has a
magnitude of 8.0x104 V/m. The proton undergoes a displacement of 0.50 m in
the direction of E.
(A) Find the change in electric potential between points A and B.
(B) Find the change in potential energy of the proton–field system for this
displacement.
(C) Find the speed of the proton after completing the 0.50 m displacement in
the electric field.

Q-2. An electric dipole consists of two charges of equal magnitude and opposite
sign separated by a distance 2a, as shown in Figure. The dipole is along the x
axis and is centered at the origin.
(A) Calculate the electric potential at point P.
(B) Calculate V and Ex at a point far from the dipole.
(C) Calculate V and Ex if point P is located anywhere
between the two charges.

Q-3. Find an expression for the electric potential and Electric field at a point
P located on the perpendicular central axis of a uniformly charged ring of
radius “a” and total charge Q?
Q-4. A rod of length located along the x axis has a total charge Q and a uniform
linear charge density λ=Q/L Find the electric potential at a point P located on the
y axis a distance “a” from the origin as shown in figure.

Q-5. An electron moving parallel to the x axis has an initial speed of 3x106m/s at
the origin. Its speed is reduced to 1.40x105 m/s at the point X=2.00 cm.
Calculate the potential difference between the origin and that point. Which point
is at the higher potential?

Capacitors and Capacitances

Q-6. Two metal objects have net charges of +70 pC and -70 pC, which result in
a 20V potential difference between them. (a) What is capacitance of the system?
(b) If the charges are changed to +200 pC and -200 pC, What does capacitance
become? (c) What does the potential difference become?

Q-7. Four capacitors are connected as shown in Figure. (a) Find the equivalent
capacitance between points a and b. (b) Calculate the charge on each capacitor
if ΔVab=15.0 V.
Q-8. Consider the circuit shown in Figure, where C1 =6.00 μF, C2 =3.00 μF and
ΔV=20V, and Capacitor C1 is first charged by the closing of switch S1 . Switch
S1 is then opened, and the charged capacitor is connected to the uncharged
capacitor by the closing of S2 . Calculate the initial charge acquired by C1 and
the final charge on each.

Q-9. Find out expressions for capacitances of cylindrical and spherical shaped
capacitors.?

Q-10.a. How much energy is stored in one cubic meter of air due to the electric
field of magnitude 150 V/m.

b. What capacitance is required to store an energy of 10kw.h at a potential


difference of 1000 V ?

Note: Write all solved sample problems of Relevant chapters in the


assignment.

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